June 13, 2006

What a hoot!

"Here is one man less wise than me. In all probability neither of us knows
anything worth knowing; but he thinks he knows when he doesn't, whereas I, given
that I don't in fact know, am at least aware I don't know. Apparently,
therefore, I am wiser than him in just this one small detail, that when I don't
know something, I don't think I know it either." ~Socrates

I love quotes that poke fun at our human idiosyncracies. ;)

2 comments:

Ed said...

When reading the quote, I assumed it was spoken by someone in the modern era. Socrates really surprised me.

Sonya said...

It's very likely that the author of the philosophy book paraphrased it.